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MasterCard blames carriers for NFC payments delays

Sarah Clark — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:39:08 +0000

"The telcos keep on doing the same thing, they get arrogant and then they get disintermediated,” MasterCard's Jorn Lambert has told The Australian Financial Review.

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iPhone 5S to include NFC and fingerprint security?

Sarah Clark — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:46:02 +0000

Reports from Taiwan suggest that local firm Chipbond has won a major contract from Apple to build components for a forthcoming iPhone 5S. "iPhone 5S will also feature NFC (near field communication) fingerprint recognition technology,...

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Apple Passbook gets NFC — on Android devices

Mike Clark — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:58:23 +0000

An app that allows Android devices to use 'passes' created for Apple's Passbook can now beam and redeem them via NFC, giving a vision of how an NFC iPhone could streamline usage of the increasingly popular Passbook app.

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Hoverkey adds NFC security to Android apps

Mike Clark — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:10:04 +0000

Android users can ditch their passwords and instead wave a contactless smart card over their phone or tablet to securely log in to apps and access encrypted data.

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Apple explores pay by watch?

Mike Clark — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:07:06 +0000

Apple is experimenting with wristwatch-like devices made of curved glass, reports The New York Times. Citing "people familiar with the company's explorations," the Times speculates a future "iWatch" would run Apple's iOS platform and could...

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The Mobile Wallet Report: PayPal takes its digital wallet overseas, biometrics gain ground and marketers flock to Apple Passbook

Mike Clark — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:22:25 +0000

In the December edition of Mobile Wallet Outlook, the NFC World team examines the resurgence of interest in using fingerprint verification at the point of sale, the innovative new services being built on top of Apple's Passbook mobile wallet and the latest consumer adoption surveys. Our first "spot report" takes an in-depth look at PayPal's digital wallet and in-store payments strategy and asks whether the online payments giant can succeed in crossing the online-offline divide.

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iPhone 5S with NFC “likely”

Sarah Clark — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:12:26 +0000

Apple is likely to launch an "iPhone 5S" in June or July 2013, Peter Misek of investment bank Jefferies has predicted in a new research note. "Based on our checks, likely updates include a new...

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Juniper scales back NFC forecast

Mike Clark — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:45:26 +0000

Global NFC retail transaction values will now reach US$110bn in 2017, significantly below the $180bn previously forecast, the analysts say, due to the lack of NFC in the iPhone 5, lower than expected adoption of Google Wallet and the delay in the launch of Isis.

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Flomio funded for Apple NFC

Joe Davies — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:18:47 +0000

NFC innovator Flomio has passed its target of raising US$80,000 on crowd funding site Kickstarter. The company now has the necessary investment to commercialise its FloJack NFC add-on for the iPhone and iPad, with first...

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Authentec sells Embedded Security Solutions division to Inside Secure

Sarah Clark — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:03:31 +0000

The sale suggests that Apple's interest in acquiring Authentec lies with the company's innovative combined fingerprint and NFC solution, which is not part of the division being acquired by Inside Secure, and will lead to renewed speculation that Apple will include NFC in future iPhones and other devices.

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